Runner half-way through bid to run 100 marathons

Runner half-way through bid to run 100 marathons
8:36am Monday 21st May 2012 in News
By Kate Liptrot

A FORMER York resident who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder is nearly half-way through a bid to run 100 marathons in 100 weeks.

Simon Buckden, 40, was diagnosed with PTSD after the horrific atrocities he witnessed in Bosnia left him suicidal and drinking heavily.

He is taking part in the challenge to raise awareness of the condition and to raise money for Help For Heroes – an ambition made all the more remarkable as he was diagnosed with cancer earlier in the year and is currently undergoing radiotherapy.

Mr Buckden, who works as a motivational speaker and ambassador for the Leeds and York NHS Partnership, said: “I call PTSD a narrowing of your life, I became a shell of a person. It cuts down the things you can do because you don’t want to be in certain places. It reduces your quality of life.
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